Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

curtail dog

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English

Syllables: cur-tail -dog
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person not qualified to course, which, by the forest laws, must have its tail cut short, partly as a mark, and partly from a notion that the tail is necessary to a dog in running.

Obsolete

noun

A dog not fit for sporting.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Oh that I were but King of France for fourscore or a hundred years! By G--, I should whip like curtail-dogs these runaways of Pavia."
"Hope is a curtail dog in some affairs."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

curtail dogs (plural)

Questions

What does curtail dog mean?: A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person not qualified to course, which, by the forest laws, must have its tail cut short, partly as a mark, and partly from a notion that the tail is necessary to a dog in running.

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